Okay no clue why but I thought this was a stand alone so if you're under that impression, the ending HEAVILY insinuates it's book #1 in a series.

Right off the bat, I loved the main character. She's realistic. She's smart. This is basically her superhero origin story? I guess that's the easiest way to explain it.

The plot had SO many reveals, twists and turns to the point that like half way through, I assumed EVERYONE was lying about EVERYTHING and yet I was STILL surprised at the absolute chaos that occurs at the end.

The meh? I hated her bf in the book. She was too smart for him and he's such a knob. I don't know how I feel about the sorta student-teacher relationship which I never REALLY know how to feel about since a lot of the time the relationship isn't emotionally developed enough for me to buy into it the way I would for Aria and Ezra in PLL show. I didn't hate it. Just indifferent but I will say that I liked that her teacher was a PoC to give more racial diversity in the book that does seem to otherwise be a cast of all white characters.

Extra goods: the main character was an amazing relationship with her best friend (who happens to be in a f/f relationship). Lineage reveals. I'm a damn sucker for them so BIG thumbs up and it gave me a lot of "wait WHAT?" when the book ended. Incredibly curious to see where this goes. I love me a strong girl in the STEM fields (then you add in super powers and lineage).